Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, ...
A new study led by the University of Aberdeen has provided greater understanding of Scotland's final deadly brush with the ...
Authorities have placed 8,155 ancient villages under State protection. "These numerous wonders, including the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, are testimony to how Chinese people created our ...
Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...
A new study finds that the disturbance-demanding plant species oak, hazel and yew were abundant in Europe's forests before modern humans arrived, strengthening the argument that ancient vegetation was ...
In 1796, David Roberts was born in Scotland. In the same year ... interest and scholarly knowledge of two of humanity’s most ...
Has the Atlantis mystery finally been solved? A new book reveals that Plato based his story on a real setting, now beneath ...
The Light Eaters,” Zoë Schlanger’s book published by an imprint of HarperCollins this year, sounds like a scholarly tome on ...
Soccer, football — no matter what you call it, the world's most popular sport has a long and colorful history, from its ancient origins to its modern-day status as a global phenomenon. But when was ...
The Global Wellness Summit arrives in St Andrews this week, attracting hundreds of experts and enthusiasts from around the world. Where has it ...
As detailed in a new study published in the journal Antiquity, a team of scientists led by Tulane University PhD student Luke Auld-Thomas, made the discovery after surveying an area roughly the size ...